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on sunday, august 27, steve perez, sergeant steve perez, who had been on, again, like the mayor said, for 34 years, assigned to the traffic enforcement division, left his home at 4:00 a.m., left his home in heavy rain. as a matter of fact, i just got back from making notification a little while ago, and the community is not accessible but for our aircraft, we wouldn't have been able to get out there. but he left at 4:00 a.m. on sunday, august 27, to get to his workstation. sergeant perez, while driving around, our investigation has determined that he spent about two and a half hours driving around, trying to get to his duty station, which is traffic enforcement division, and central here downtown houston. he could not find a path, and you can imagine heavy rain, dark roadways, who knows what else he saw out there with the lighting and that more rural community. he kept driving around, couldn't find it, so he called his chain of command and said, listen, i can not get to my primary duty station. being the dedicated professional this man is, like the rest of the men and women in blue in
on sunday, august 27, steve perez, sergeant steve perez, who had been on, again, like the mayor said, for 34 years, assigned to the traffic enforcement division, left his home at 4:00 a.m., left his home in heavy rain. as a matter of fact, i just got back from making notification a little while ago, and the community is not accessible but for our aircraft, we wouldn't have been able to get out there. but he left at 4:00 a.m. on sunday, august 27, to get to his workstation. sergeant perez, while...
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we've got 6500 employees and i knew who steve perez was because he was a sweet, gentle, public servant. and she tells me, i told him not to go to work. his father-in-law who was a korean war veteran from the army, combat veteran, we told him not to go. because the conditions were so bad. his response was, we've got work to do. and here's a man that didn't spend you know, 20 minutes and then come back and say i tried. he spent close to 2 1/2 hours because he has that in his dna. and so i told his wife, let me ask you something, ma'am. if the lord was going to take him today, how do you think he would want to go, laying in bed, watching a disaster or doing what he's done for 34 years? and the smile that overcame that woman's face, his beautiful wife said it all. if it was his turn to go, she said, this is the way he would have wanted to go. >> officer perez's colleagues remembering him today. he was a 34-year veteran of the houston police force. for ways you can help those affected by harvey, go to cnn.com/impact. cnn.com/impact. >>> breaking news tonight, the storm expected to make land
we've got 6500 employees and i knew who steve perez was because he was a sweet, gentle, public servant. and she tells me, i told him not to go to work. his father-in-law who was a korean war veteran from the army, combat veteran, we told him not to go. because the conditions were so bad. his response was, we've got work to do. and here's a man that didn't spend you know, 20 minutes and then come back and say i tried. he spent close to 2 1/2 hours because he has that in his dna. and so i told...
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>> well, we obviously lost steve perez, been around serving honorably for 34 years. what has got to me, i've been around cops my entire adult life and sometimes we can be a bunch of, you know, we complain. but these men and women, we didn't feed them the way we should have fed them at first. we didn't let them go home to their families. we're not a fire department where we sleep at the station. that's just not our cycle. no complaints. their homes are under water, almost 200 of them, and not one has said, hey, i need to leave, coach. says a lot about the heart of our department. i'm extremely proud. >> chief, thank you very much. and the men and women who do the fine work, thanks so much. >> thank you, guys. >> reporter: there are many stories of survival, as i mentioned, also many stories of loss from this storm. lakeisha wright is a storm survivor, but lost her home. she joins us live from katy, texas. thanks so much for being willing to share your story with us on cnn. help our viewers to understand exactly what happened. >> well, the storm first started on friday
>> well, we obviously lost steve perez, been around serving honorably for 34 years. what has got to me, i've been around cops my entire adult life and sometimes we can be a bunch of, you know, we complain. but these men and women, we didn't feed them the way we should have fed them at first. we didn't let them go home to their families. we're not a fire department where we sleep at the station. that's just not our cycle. no complaints. their homes are under water, almost 200 of them, and...
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sergeant steve perez has given his life. the work is dangerous at times, even for the professionals who are trained for these kind of moments. which makes their effort and that of the volunteers worth taking note of today. randi kaye reports. >> reporter: the air national guard if the midst of a dramatic rescue. on the other end of that rope line is a newborn baby. this other child from the same family was also rescued. it went on and on until the whole family was safely inside the chopper. they were let out on dryer land. strangers came together to rescue an elderly man trapped in his car. he was being swept away by floo quickly formed a human chain, stretching from dry land to the man's car. the car appeared to be sinking fast and rescuers yelled to those closest to the man to bust the window. they finally got the door open and the man out. he was taken to a local hospital and reunited with his son. a human chain would also help save the life of annie smith and her soon-to-be-born baby. she was 9 months pregnant, going int
sergeant steve perez has given his life. the work is dangerous at times, even for the professionals who are trained for these kind of moments. which makes their effort and that of the volunteers worth taking note of today. randi kaye reports. >> reporter: the air national guard if the midst of a dramatic rescue. on the other end of that rope line is a newborn baby. this other child from the same family was also rescued. it went on and on until the whole family was safely inside the...
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sergeant steve perez died answering the call to duty sunday morning. he was 60 years old, a 34-year veteran of the houston police department. a dive team recovered his body. the police chief of houston spoke about this, this afternoon. >> we called for our dive people. we even used one of our -- what do they call them in louisiana, god bless them. our american cajun navy. they helped us look for him. so it was too treacherous out there to go under and look for him. so we made the decision to leave officers there, waiting until the morning, because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put nor officers at risk. >> in addition to the loss of sergeant perez, many members of the houston police department are dealing with other strains. moments ago, houston's mayor include damaged homes indeed those of 200 houston police officers. the cheep joief joins us now by. let me express our condolences to you, and the members of the family of sergeant perperez. what do you want people to know about this 34-year veteran of the force? >> i want
sergeant steve perez died answering the call to duty sunday morning. he was 60 years old, a 34-year veteran of the houston police department. a dive team recovered his body. the police chief of houston spoke about this, this afternoon. >> we called for our dive people. we even used one of our -- what do they call them in louisiana, god bless them. our american cajun navy. they helped us look for him. so it was too treacherous out there to go under and look for him. so we made the decision...
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just moments ago we learned that a houston police officer, sergeant steve perez, was killed in this storm drowning on his way to work on sunday. his police chief overcome with emotion as he was explaining the decision to not go in after him. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him, so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning, because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. in our hearts it was going to be a recovery mission. >> harvey has set a rainfall record in the continental u.s. and another foot and a half of rain could fall. now the storm is over water again. it's maintaining its strength. it's about to make landfall again. parts of louisiana, including new orleans. today we witnessed more dramatic rescues. everyone from the entire texas national guard to police and first responders to just regular people with boats taking part in life-saving efforts. the texas governor estimating that 1,000 people are still trapped, and there are people on roofs who have no food or water. there was even a 73-
just moments ago we learned that a houston police officer, sergeant steve perez, was killed in this storm drowning on his way to work on sunday. his police chief overcome with emotion as he was explaining the decision to not go in after him. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him, so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning, because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. in our hearts it was going...
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officer steve perez, 60 years old, two days short of his 60's birthday. 35 years on the force. police chief in tears describing an officer who laid his life down in service of his communit community. so many working so many tireless hours. the storm began to come ashore on thursday and first responders across the reason, volunteers across the region, many of them. columbia lake in texas. we were reporting a short time ago. we will continue watch these pictures. we they were convinced that the entire region and area around it was going to flood south of houston. people need to evacuate immediately, but it seems that some of the locals had a better idea of all of this. our matt finn is live on location now. what happened? gentleman, he actually helped construct this levy on his own time in his own merit and you feel like it's not going to break. >> that's right. we got the concrete bags, with that solid wood and everything that is backed by sandbags. burner material, bringing 2 truckloads. we are moving all these bricks and stuff what you're doing really good. lots of house const
officer steve perez, 60 years old, two days short of his 60's birthday. 35 years on the force. police chief in tears describing an officer who laid his life down in service of his communit community. so many working so many tireless hours. the storm began to come ashore on thursday and first responders across the reason, volunteers across the region, many of them. columbia lake in texas. we were reporting a short time ago. we will continue watch these pictures. we they were convinced that the...
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a similar fate for houston police sergeant steve perez, trapped in his patrol car. >> as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we couldn't put more officers at risk. what we knew in our hearts was going to be a recovery mission. >> as heartrending as these stories are and these images, keep in mind people have their own stories. this woman just lost her husband. she's 80 years old. this family down here had just finished renovating the house after a flood earlier this summer over memorial day. >> bret: trace gallagher live in houston. thank you. louisiana, as we said, as bracing for major flooding from a reenergized harvey. this on the 12th anniversary of the day hurricane katrina stormed ashore as a category three hurricane. rick leventhal is in lake charles with the latest. good evening. >> good evening, bret. calcasieu parish has been pounded by rain for seven days and they've got more rain today and they are expecting more tonight. they have been seeing waves of it. they expect to get quite a bit more. you've been hearing a lot about the cajun navy. we have examples of some of t
a similar fate for houston police sergeant steve perez, trapped in his patrol car. >> as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we couldn't put more officers at risk. what we knew in our hearts was going to be a recovery mission. >> as heartrending as these stories are and these images, keep in mind people have their own stories. this woman just lost her husband. she's 80 years old. this family down here had just finished renovating the house after a flood earlier this summer...
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where were the tweets about officer steve perez who lost his life at 4:00 a.m., took to the streets else to help americans. these are heroes, we need to rally around these victims, lift up the victims instead of tearing down the first lady because of her shoe choice, this is absurd. >> sean: in the media camp, i love the people who are media critics like that guy at "the washington post" ," with hs 30,000 30,000 twitter followers as if we care. he said he could do a tv show of his life depended on it. when it becomes this personal over the first lady, if it was a democrat first lady, if it was michelle obama and you talked about her close on national tv mount why do i know it would've been handled a lot differently. why do people who complain a monopoly of compassion, they claim to be on the right side of civil rights, gay rights, in this particular case on the side of women. how did they get away with this? >> you have to look at precedence you have to look at sandy and the coverage around that with president obama and trump now. the elite here, is how has the president, fema, u.s. gove
where were the tweets about officer steve perez who lost his life at 4:00 a.m., took to the streets else to help americans. these are heroes, we need to rally around these victims, lift up the victims instead of tearing down the first lady because of her shoe choice, this is absurd. >> sean: in the media camp, i love the people who are media critics like that guy at "the washington post" ," with hs 30,000 30,000 twitter followers as if we care. he said he could do a tv show...
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at least eight confirmed deaths, including houston police sergeant, steve perez, who drowned in flood waters just two days shy of his 61st birthday. >> we couldn't find him, and once our dive team got there, it was too tresh rous to go under and look for him, so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk for we knew in our hearts it was going to be a recovery mission. >> reporter: many more missing. including these family members. four children, the youngest just 6 years old, and their great grandparents. they were trapped in their van and swept away by flood waters. this is the only survivor. how is your brother doing? >> he is blaming himself, of course. he keeps blaming himself. every time we go to hang up, he says, i'm so sorry. it's not your fault. you didn't know. >> reporter: there are parts of chaos in some houston areas. this supermarket, people scavenging in the water, and some coming out with their arms full. for some seeking shelter, a traumatic episode.
at least eight confirmed deaths, including houston police sergeant, steve perez, who drowned in flood waters just two days shy of his 61st birthday. >> we couldn't find him, and once our dive team got there, it was too tresh rous to go under and look for him, so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk for we knew in our hearts it was going to be a recovery mission....
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a tearful police chief announced sergeant steve perez drowned sunday, trying to get to work. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so we made the decision to leave officers there, waiting until the morning because, as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. >> reporter: all the while, the rain keeps falling. that's because harvey-- still a tropical storm-- is back in the gulf of mexico, soaking up new moisture. it's expected to make a second landfall tomorrow near houston, dumping even more rain on southeastern texas and southwestern louisiana. in corpus christi, where the storm first made landfall friday night, skies were blue as air force one touched down today. president trump was flanked by texas officials and members of his cabinet at the corpus christi firehouse, before heading to austin. >> we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at in five years, in ten years from now, as "this is the way to do it." this was of epic proportion. nobody's ever seen anything like this. >> reporter: fema director
a tearful police chief announced sergeant steve perez drowned sunday, trying to get to work. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so we made the decision to leave officers there, waiting until the morning because, as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. >> reporter: all the while, the rain keeps falling. that's because harvey-- still a tropical storm-- is back in the gulf of mexico, soaking up new moisture. it's...
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sergeant steve pÉrez, age 60. 34-year veteran of the force was driving to work. he drove two and a half hours on sunday, pre-dawn, trying to find a safe way to get to work. and he drowned. he was caught in flood waters, and it took the police until this morning to recover his body. they knew he had perished but were not able to get his body. our thoughts are with the family of sergeant steve pÉrez, and the houston police department who have lost one of their own in these rescue efforts. if you do want to help, you can go to red cross.org or text "harvey" to 90999. it will automatically take a $10 donation and charge it to your phone bill. that's harvey to 90999. that brings this very busy hour to a close for me. i will see you right back here at 11:00 p.m. eastern. you can find me on facebook and instagram. thank you for watching. "deadline: white house" starts right now. >>> president trump says texas can handle anything. hello, everybody. i am mike barnicle, filling in for nicolle wallace. the country turns to the president today, who is in texas, as he faces
sergeant steve pÉrez, age 60. 34-year veteran of the force was driving to work. he drove two and a half hours on sunday, pre-dawn, trying to find a safe way to get to work. and he drowned. he was caught in flood waters, and it took the police until this morning to recover his body. they knew he had perished but were not able to get his body. our thoughts are with the family of sergeant steve pÉrez, and the houston police department who have lost one of their own in these rescue efforts. if...
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a 34-year veteran of the police force, sergeant steve perez. his wife is devastated and says that she hadn't wanted him to go into work that day. he said there was work to do. so here in houston, overnight, we expect these water rescues to continue. and the question will be, how long will this water be around? authorities say some homes could be inundated for up to a month. steve? >> gabe gutierrez on the ground in houston. thank you for that. meanwhile, the president, donald trump, he traveled to texas today. he praised the recovery efforts while meeting with state officials and emergency responders. trump was accompanied by the first lady melania trump. the head of fema warned of a long and frustrating recovery, president trump offered an optimistic assessment and said texas can hand anything. ? we want to do it better than ever before. we want to look at five years, ten years from now as this is the way to do it. this was of epic proportion. nobody has ever seen anything like this. >> trump had this message for texas governor greg abbott. >>
a 34-year veteran of the police force, sergeant steve perez. his wife is devastated and says that she hadn't wanted him to go into work that day. he said there was work to do. so here in houston, overnight, we expect these water rescues to continue. and the question will be, how long will this water be around? authorities say some homes could be inundated for up to a month. steve? >> gabe gutierrez on the ground in houston. thank you for that. meanwhile, the president, donald trump, he...
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one of the deaths in houston ignored by president trump is police sergeant steve perez who had been missing since sunday morning. >> we can't find him and once our dive team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put another one officer at risk for what we knew in our hearts would be a recovery mission. >> president trump did not mention sergeant perez today. and he has not tweeted about sergeant perez today and he has tweeted about some unrelated, idiotic trumpian things. hurricane harvey now a tropical storm has broken the record for the most rain of any storm in the continental united states ever. harvey could make a second landfall near houston tomorrow morning. the red cross says 17,000 people are in shelters across texas tonight. here's houston's mayor sylvester turner this afternoon. >> with respect to shelters, we have expanded our capacity. the reality is that not only are we providing shelter for houstonians but we're
one of the deaths in houston ignored by president trump is police sergeant steve perez who had been missing since sunday morning. >> we can't find him and once our dive team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put another one officer at risk for what we knew in our hearts would be a recovery mission. >> president...
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among those killed was a houston police officer, sergeant steve perez. the chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived yesterday. >> unfortunately in the darkness sergeant perez drove to an underpass that's about 16 1/2 feet, drove into the water and he died in a flood. so, once our divers went out there, it was too tresh rouse to go under and look for him. so we made the decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. the wife had asked him not to go in. he was a sweet, gentle public servant and she tells me i told him not to go to work, didn't want hip to go and his response was "we've got work to do." >> and the rescues continue. the u.s. coast guard shared this video, hoisting a mother and daughter to safety on board their helicopter. overnight the flooding turned much worse in beaumont, texas. police found a mother who had been swept into a canal with a child. two policemen and a zodiac rescued them. the child survived, the mother
among those killed was a houston police officer, sergeant steve perez. the chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived yesterday. >> unfortunately in the darkness sergeant perez drove to an underpass that's about 16 1/2 feet, drove into the water and he died in a flood. so, once our divers went out there, it was too tresh rouse to go under and look for him. so we made the decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him...
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among those killed, officer steve perez. >> his father-in-law, a korean war veteran from the army, told him not to go. the conditions were so bad. and his response was, we've got work to do. >> president trump and first lady melania trump traveled to texas for an update on the storm, stopping first in corpus christi for a meeting with state officials. >> this was of epic proportion. nobody has ever seen anything like this. and i want to say, working the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us. so thank you very much. and we won't say congratulations. we don't want to do that. we'll congratulated each other when it is all finished. >> the president then appeared this front of cheering supporters. he waved a texas flag making no mention of the victims of the hurricane. >> we are here to take care. it is going well. we're going to get you back and operating immediately. what a crowd, what a turnout. >> the president toured the operations center in austin where he received an uprate on the damage. >> probably there's never been anything so extensive, anything so historic in te
among those killed, officer steve perez. >> his father-in-law, a korean war veteran from the army, told him not to go. the conditions were so bad. and his response was, we've got work to do. >> president trump and first lady melania trump traveled to texas for an update on the storm, stopping first in corpus christi for a meeting with state officials. >> this was of epic proportion. nobody has ever seen anything like this. and i want to say, working the governor and his entire...